Treatment of segregated black/grey domestic wastewater using constructed wetlands in the Mediterranean basin: The zer0-m experience

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 97-105

  Masi, F ^a   El Hamouri, B ^b   Abdel Shafi, H ^c   Baban, A ^d   Ghrabi, A ^e   Regelsberger, M ^f  

^a IRIDRA Srl   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

^d MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^e University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^f AEE Arbeitsgemeinschaft ERNEUERBARE ENERGIE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Black water; Grey water; Hybrid constructed wetlands; Reed beds; Wastewater segregation; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFLUENTS; REMOVAL; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

BLACK WATER; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; REED BED; REED BEDS; WATER REUSE;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

AMMONIA; NITRATE; SURFACE WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DESIGN; DEVELOPING WORLD; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; REEDBED; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT; EGYPT; MOROCCO; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TUNISIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; ARTICLE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SEWAGE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STANDARD; WETLAND;

EGYPT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MOROCCO; TUNISIA; TURKEY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MOROCCO; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; TURKEY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

EID: 77950348360     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.780     Document Type: Article

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